完形填空

  I was shown into the waiting room, which as I had 1 , was full. There were dirty 2 on the wall , and the tattered (撕碎的) magazines on the table 3 a great pile of waste paper. I took my seat and decided to 4 the time watching people around me. A young man beside me was turning over the 5 of a magazine quickly and nervously. It was 6 to understand what he was looking at, for every three minutes or so he would 7 the magazine onto the table, seize another, and sink back into his 8 . Opposite me there was a young mother who was trying to keep her son from 9 . The boy had clearly grown tired of 10 . He had placed an ashtray(烟灰缸) on the floor and was making plane-sounds 11 he waved a pencil in his hand. Near him an old man was fast asleep, and the boy's mother was afraid that sooner or later her son would 12 the gentleman. At the same time the 13 man next to me kept sighing (叹气) loudly. 14 , he got up, walked towards the door and began taking down the pictures on the 15 .Soon growing 16 , he snatched one more magazine out of the bottom of the pile and 17 tiredly into a chair. Just then the boy had become quiet and was sleeping in her mother's arms.

  There was a complete 18 in the room as the door opened and a nurse entered. The people looked up with a ray of 19 in the eyes, then settled down again as the next 20 patient was let out of the

1.

[  ]

A.suggested
B.expected
C.hoped
D.considered

2.

[  ]

A.notices
B.maps
C.pictures
D.holes

3.

[  ]

A.changed into
B.made of
C.looked like
D.the same as

4.

[  ]

A.cost
B.spare
C.use
D.pass

5.

[  ]

A.stories
B.articles
C.pages
D.books

6.

[  ]

A.hard
B.easy
C.possible
D.useless

7.

[  ]

A.take
B.throw
C.drag
D.push

8.

[  ]

A.pocket
B.sleep
C.chair
D.picture

9.

[  ]

A.hurting himself
B.tearing the mane
C.falling asleep
D.making a noise

10.

[  ]

A.sleeping
B.waiting
C.reading
D.playing

11.

[  ]

A.as
B.as if
C.because
D.until

12.

[  ]

A.do harm to
B.knock into
C.turn against
D.wake up

13.

[  ]

A.old
B.kind
C.young
D.handsome

14.

[  ]

A.At that moment
B.Now and then
C.At last
D.Here and there

15.

[  ]

A.floor
B.wall
C.table
D.chair

16.

[  ]

A.glad
B.unhappy
C.angry
D.uninterested

17.

[  ]

A.dropped
B.seated
C.slept
D.jumped

18.

[  ]

A.loneliness
B.hopelessness
C.tiredness
D.silence

19.

[  ]

A.success
B.hope
C.joy
D.satisfaction

20.

[  ]

A.unlucky
B.tired
C.lucky
D.happy

Tomorrow was his girlfriend’s birthday and the young man was having a difficult time deciding on a present for her. She already had more clothes than she knew what to do with them, so he couldn’t get any kind of apparel. She never ate sweets, so candy was out of the question. What then? He had a very special reason for wanting to impress her with just the right gift,for tomorrow he was going to make an offer of marriage to her. He finally decided on perfume(香水). All girls liked perfume. That raised another problem, however. What kind did she prefer? He couldn’t ask her because that would ruin the surprise.

At last the young man hit upon a brilliant idea. That afternoon, pretending to take his girlfriend’s fox terrier(小猎狗),Fritz, for a walk, the young man and the dog went directly to the perfume counter of the town’s biggest department store. Good! There was a large array(长列)of perfume. He beckoned(招呼)a clerk, asking her to open a large number of bottles and wave the stoppers (塞子)under the dog’s nose. Nestled(依偎于) in the young man’s arms, the terrier began to be restless and bored as this seemingly meaningless game went on. Then Fritz suddenly became frisky, wiggling in the young man’s arms and barking excitedly, as the clerk waved one stopper under its nose.

“I’ll take that one,” said the young man to the clerk. The price was high, but it was worth it, he thought.

“ My favorite perfume!” said the delighted girl the next evening as she unwrapped the package. “ How did you know?” she asked, dabbing(轻擦)some perfume behind each ear.

“ Intuition(直觉), I guess.”said the young man, deciding that it wasn’t exactly wrong to tell a lie at that time. One day, after they were married, he would admit that his intuition had really been the little dog named Fritz.

1.Which of the following words best describes the young man in the story?

A.Kind-hearted       B.Curious           C.Creative           D.Mean

2.The underlined word “ frisky” (in Paragraph 4) means “_______”

A.lively             B.angry             C.uneasy            D.puzzled

3.According to the story, the birthday present for the girl was actually decided on by_______.

A.the young man     B.the store clerk      C.the man’s intuition D.the dog Fritz

4.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the story?

A.The young man wanted to give his girlfriend a pleasant surprise.

B.The pet dog Fritz knew what the young man wanted very well.

C.The kind of perfume the young man chose was expensive.

D.The young man told a white lie about his final choice of the perfume.

 

Every day we experience one of the wonders of the world around us without even realizing it. It is not the amazing complexity of television, nor the impressive technology of transport. The universal wonder we share and experience is our ability to make noise with our mouths, and so transmit ideas and thoughts to each other’s minds. This ability comes so naturally that we tend to forget what a miracle it is.

Obviously, the ability to talk is something that marks humans off from animal. Of course, some animals have powers just as amazing, Birds can fly thousands miles by observing positions of the stars in the sky in relation to the time of day and year. In Nature’s talent show, humans are a species of animal that have developed their own special act. If we reduce it to basic terms, it’s an ability for communicating information to others, by varying sounds we make as we breathe out.

Not that we don’t have other powers of communication. Our facial expressions convey our emotions, such as anger, or joy, or disappointment. The way we hold our heads can indicate to others whether we are happy or sad. This is so-called “body language”. Bristling(直立的) fur is an unmistakable warning of attack among many animals. Similarly, the bowed head or drooping tail shows a readiness to take second place in any animal gathering.

Such a means of communication is a basic mechanism that animals, including human beings, instinctively acquire and display. Is the ability to speak just another sort of instinct? If so, how did human beings acquire this amazing skill? Biologist can readily indicate that particular area of our brain where speech mechanisms function, but this doesn’t tell us how that part of our bodies originated in our biological history.

1.According to the passage, the wonder we take for granted(认为理所当然) is________.

A.our ability to use language

B.the miracle of technology

C.the amazing power of nature

D.our ability to make noises with mouth

2.What feature of “body language” mentioned in the passage is common to both human and animals?

A.Lifting heads when sad.

B.Keeping long faces when angry.

C.Bristling hair when ready to attack.

D.Bowing heads when willing to obey.

3.What can be inferred from Paragraph 3?

A.Body language is unique to humans.

B.Animals express emotions just as humans do.

C.Humans have other powers of communication.

D.Humans are no different from animals to some degree.

4.This passage is mainly about _______.

A.the development of body language.

B.the special role humans play in nature

C.the power to convey information to others

D.the difference between humans and animals in language use

 

A businessman, with a large amount of money, was walking through a remote (偏远的) area. Upon    31   this, a thief followed him, planning to    32   his money at a certain time. The businessman noticed something was   33  , and he started to pay much more   34  to the thief.

The businessman soon asked the thief if he  35   help find some water nearby, and when the thief went to   36   the water, the businessman put all of his   37   into the thief’s bag. Then the thief returned and told the businessman    38   the water was.   39   the businessman left to get some water, the thief quickly    40   the businessman’s bag. Certainly, there was nothing that the thief    41  .

The thief was    42  , but he still did not give up hope. After some time, the businessman returned and they both    43   for a long time. Then the businessman got tired and    44   under a big tree. The thief again checked the businessman’s bag and still did not find any money. So the thief    45   that the businessman did not actually have any money with him.

Finally, they arrived at a city. When the thief went after a job and left his own bag behind, the businessman    46   in and took back all of his own money he had put there    47  . When the thief came back, he was surprised to see that the businessman was    48   some jewels with the money in his bag. The thief couldn’t    49   asking the question, “I didn’t know you had money on the    50  .” The businessman smiled to him, “Of course you didn’t, because it is not yours.”

1.                A.talking         B.learning        C.thinking  D.speaking

 

2.                A.keep           B.borrow         C.steal D.put

 

3.                A.new           B.common        C.strange   D.dangerous

 

4.                A.care           B.mercy          C.need D.attention

 

5.                A.would          B.could          C.should   D.must

 

6.                A.carry on        B.look for         C.watch over    D.bring along

 

7.                A.goods          B.food           C.money   D.clothes

 

8.                A.how           B.what           C.that  D.where

 

9.                A.As soon as      B.As far as        C.As well as D.As long as

 

10.               A.hid            B.searched       C.explored  D.changed

 

11.               A.saved          B.planned        C.owned    D.wanted

 

12.               A.frightened      B.angry          C.surprised  D.nervous

 

13.               A.drank          B.walked         C.rested D.discussed

 

14.               A.sat            B.stood          C.slept  D.stopped

 

15.               A.agreed         B.wished         C.doubted   D.believed

 

16.               A.put            B.got            C.reached   D.broke

 

17.               A.rightly         B.luckily          C.really D.formerly

 

18.               A.buying         B.wearing        C.having D.showing

 

19.               A.keep          B.help           C.enjoy D.avoid

 

20.               A.trip            B.visit           C.holiday    D.business

 

 

Mr.Gray traveled a lot on business. He sold machines of various kinds to famers, which he thought not really a very _36_ job, but he had always been interested in _37_, and he was quite satisfied with his life. He had a big_38_, and usually enjoyed driving it long distances, but he was also quite_39_to go by train sometimes too especially when the weather was_40_. He was a little frightened of driving in the rain or snow, and it was _41_tiring to sit comfortably in a train and look out of the windows without being worried about how one was going to get to the next place. One of Mr. Gray’s  _42_was often where to stay when he reached some small _43_in the country. He did not expect _44_and wonderful food, but he found it annoying when he was given a cold room, and when there was no hot water _45_ good food after a long and tiring day.

Late one winter evening, Mr. Gray arrived at a small railway station. The journey by train that _46_had not been at all interesting, and Mr. Gray was cold and tired and _47_. He was looking forward to a _48_but satisfying meal by a brightly burning _49_, and then a hot bath and a comfortable bed. While he was walking to the taxi stand, he said to a local man who was also _50_there. “As this is my _51_visit to this part of the country and I was in too much of a hurry to find out about a hotel before I _52_home, I would very much like to know how many you have here.” The local man answered, “We have two.” “And which of the two would you _53_me to go to?” Mr. Gray asked then. The local man scratched his _54_ for a few moments and then answered, “Well, it’s like this: _55_one you go to, you’ll be sorry you didn’t go to the other.”

1.

A.exhausting

B.boring

C.disappointing

D.exciting

 

2.

A.farming

B.gardening

C.traveling

D.driving

 

3.

A.taxi

B.plane

C.car

D.boat

 

4.

A.satisfied

B.tired

C.frightened

D.encouraged

 

5.

A.cold

B.hot

C.good

D.bad

 

6.

A.more

B.less

C.very

D.so

 

7.

A.problems

B.questions

C.aims

D.jobs

 

8.

A.room

B.restaurant

C.hotel

D.place

 

9.

A.respect

B.comfort

C.support

D.peace

 

10.

A.or

B.and

C.but

D.nor

 

11.

A.month

B.day

C.week

D.moment

 

12.

A.thirsty

B.angry

C.ill

D.hungry

 

13.

A.large

B.simple

C.rich

D.wonderful

 

14.

A.fire

B.candle

C.oil

D.light

 

15.

A.staying

B.walking

C.sitting

D.working

 

16.

A.last

B.best

C.first

D.only

 

17.

A.left

B.returned

C.went

D.missed

 

18.

A.want

B.advise

C.allow

D.wish

 

19.

A.hand

B.arm

C.head

D.back

 

20.

A.each

B.whatever

C.any

D.whichever

 

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